The Guildmasters

Hi all,

Yeah, sorry for the delay in posting, got a bit carried away the last week. I did eventually get Resident Evil 6 platinum, then went straight on to playing a game called Sleeping Dogs. The reason I got this game was because it was free for Playstation Plus members, which I decided to get for 3 months, that cost me $17.99 and it’s already paid for itself as Sleeping Dogs was free at that time, but for others, it’s $50 so a big saving there, and I’m glad I did get it, it’s a pretty cool game.

Sleeping Dogs is a cross between Godfather II and Grand Theft Auto and a few others, there is a good storyline with a good ending (which makes a change) lots to do by way of side quests and missions, yet you can complete the game in a relatively short time, I’m two trophies away from platinum and have enjoyed playing it for about a week, maybe a bit less, but it’s got some replay value too, you could quite easily want to play it a second time, although you can get platinum in one playthrough.

Another aspect of this game I like (a lot) is the fighting, I don’t usually like fighting games, but the action buttons are not too complicated and it’s fairly realistic, you are an undercover cop who has to infiltrate the Triads, which you do quite successfully, and have a lot of fun with it. It can be a little glitchy in places and the graphics are not really fantastic, but the gameplay is very good. I would say if you liked games like Just Cause, Godfather or Grand Theft Auto you’ll probably quite like this one.

I don’t recommend buying this one as it is fairly short but definitely worth renting or borrowing, or if you are like me, you tried being a Playstation plus member it’s a free download, beware though, it is around 8 Gigs and can take a couple of hours to download. Happy Gaming!

Tony 🙂

Well i’m more amazed today than I was yesterday, I managed to find the other 3 codex and also the remaining statue I was after, what amazed me was just when I thought i’d seen pretty much all the game had to offer something else emerged that took me by surprise.

I went back to the fortress, my uncles mansion/villa is inside the fortress and there are many houses and shops within the fortress walls, anyway on my return my sister was sitting at a desk with an open book, apparently my uncle had put her to work, the problem was after checking the books the whole estate wasn’t bringing in enough money so this is where me and my sister put our heads together and organize a way of making some income.

It turns out if I get enough money, I can then give it to the archtect who will then upgrade buildings and shops which in turn brings in more people, more people means more money so we earn an income.

So indirectly this massive villa or mansion is sort of mine, I pay money to the architect, he renovates the shops and there are quite a few, a bank, blacksmith,armory and several other places, each have 3 upgrade amounts which in turn gives me a better income as well as bigger discounts when I shop there, that is so cool.

I’ve now learnt more moves, got more weapons, I have acquired the other gauntlet now with the hidden blade and can perform pretty impressive assassin attacks, if a guard is standing near a pile of hay then I can hide in the hay and press the square button for assassinate and i’ll drag the guard in the hay as I kill him, another move is if i’m standing above an enemy, I can lock on to him using the L1 trigger and hit “assassinate” ( square ) and I will jump down with hidden gauntlet blades revealed to deal a death blow, looks pretty awesome, i’ve also learnt extra techniques like dodging and disarming an opponent.

You can also use groups of people to your advantage, you can pay groups of thieves to follow you and distract guards, I think this game is going to be massive, it seems I haven’t even scratched the surface yet.

I’ve also learnt that I need to find hidden crypts or tombs and i’ve also got to find six discs to unlock the most poweful armor so i’ll keep my eyes open for those.

That’s all for today, will progress some more tomorrow, i’m actually looking forward to writing a full walkthrough on this game which is something as i’ve never felt the need or the inclination to write a walkthrough for any game.

Tony